She grew up following the way that men were raised. She is brave and brave, she is pretending to be a man, she goes hunting on horseback, she gets up in the morning and grabs a handful of snow and rubs it on her face without being tender. All she did was to become the queen in everyone's mind. She must be brave and strong. If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight. While possessing the supreme power, the price paid is the inability to have the same freedom as ordinary people. She has no time to spend freely, so she can only use the time to sleep and dress up to read the book she likes. She hates getting married because she knows that her marriage is more political. She doesn't like it whether it is the hero who saved the country or the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Until she met Antonio in the heavy snow, she removed all the armor, became soft, and became a little birdy woman. She lay happily in the arms of her lover, her eyes soft and tender, and she talked about the country she longed for countless times, the painting and literature she likes...the time they were together was happy and short. She looked at everything in the room like an innocent little girl, trying her best to remember what they looked like. She knew that this room would carry her unforgettable memories.
Soon, she met in the palace as the queen with Antonio, as the envoy of Spain. Before meeting, she was no different from the girls who had just fallen in love and went on a date. She dressed up carefully, looked in the mirror back and forth, and put on a beautiful dress, which was very different from the previous dress. However, the status of the queen does not allow their love to exist. The masses and ministers kept pressing her, but in her bones she was a person who yearned for freedom and beauty.
In the end, she slowly took off the crown amidst the voices of everyone. At this moment, she chose to be the queen in her own life, not the queen in the eyes of her subjects. She wants to be an elegant woman cared for by her lover, and she wants to pursue freedom in the place she has longed for.
Maybe it's really like what she said: "Great love, perfect love is an illusion." The reality is that when she abdicated and hurriedly arrived on the cruise ship that met Antonio, what awaited her was one. Cold dead body. After a brief sob, when the wind rose, she still chose to set sail and stare into the distance...
This is the first movie starring Garbo I have ever seen. Those affectionate and charming eyes seem to have endless stories to tell. I am very impressed. The queen's domineering performance is vivid and heroic in her performance with her legs tilted up and playing with the dog.
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